The mission of the Arizona Library Association shall be to promote library service and librarianship in libraries of all types in the state of Arizona.

• Developed statewide materials purchasing contracts
• Lobbied and obtained the end of use taxes on books
• Provide continuing education credits for school librarians
• Sponsor the Horner Fellowship
• Provide regional forums to obtain statewide input to the association
• Nominate young librarians to the Snowbird Leadership Institute

Title: Stronger Together: Trauma Informed Methods and Models to Support Library Staff

Date: August 8, 2024

Time: 1 - 2pm

Registration Link:  https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ef4RL18lQo-D38PnlU0TQA

Program Description:

We are exhausted. Incidents and stressful interactions in libraries continue to drastically rise. We may not be able to change the external forces we face, but we can build intersectional supportive models to care for our staff. Pima County Public Library began the process of reshaping our work culture into a trauma informed model to help our staff rebuild and heal. Join us to hear the challenges we've faced and what has worked for us.

Presenters: 

Linde Furman (she/her) is a Branch Manager at the Joel D. Valdez Main Library of Pima County Public Library. Her greatest passion is her work in the realm of trauma informed care in public libraries, especially as relates to supporting staff. She leads an initiative and system-wide team that focus on creating support structures to assist staff in processing and recovering from secondary trauma, compassion fatigue, and primary trauma resulting from workplace incidents and stressors.

Em DeMeester-Lane (he/they) has over 15 years of experience in public libraries and currently works in Administration as a Library Services Manager for Pima County Public Library. His professional work is centered in youth advocacy, restorative practices as well as issues of equity in libraries and serving vulnerable populations. Em believes fiercely that all staff deserve to feel safe at work and that begins with being heard by their manager and administrative teams.